By Kristen Wells The crack of the slamming door upstairs snapped me back into reality. I looked down at the boiling pot of noodles waiting for the thumping of feet that I knew were now trotting downstairs, to arrive at…
Psalm 1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,…
It is early evening, the long lazy summer has arrived, and God has laid His warming hand on us. From my side door, I watched as the young willow tree filled over and over again with songbirds. They were taking…
Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. ~ 2 John 3 Mercy is not receiving what we do deserve, grace is receiving…
Last winter was brutal in this part of the country (as in most). Each morning for weeks after spring arrived I still half expected to see traces of an overnight surprise snowfall, even though the trees had leafed and there…